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semiplatonic

semiplatonic adjective: between platonic love and romantic or sexual love.

Adjective

semiplatonic (not comparable)

  1. Between platonic love and romantic or sexual love.
    • Kim wanted both, but a flexible semiplatonic relationship with Damian was not a happy medium: "We had sex last night... so my guilt kicked in completely — I felt like a whore, a completely immoral sinner."2008, Tara Star Johnson, From Teacher to Lover: Sex Scandals in the Classroom, page 133
    • Courtly love is platonic or semiplatonic, mystical, contemplative, and unconsummated […]2010, Ksana Blank, Dostoevsky's Dialectics and the Problem of Sin, page 83

Origin of semiplatonic

From semi- + platonic.

Questions about semiplatonic

What does semiplatonic mean?
Semiplatonic means between platonic love and romantic or sexual love.
What part of speech is semiplatonic?
Semiplatonic is an adjective.

Words near semiplatonic in the dictionary

  1. semipinacol rearrangements
  2. semipiscine
  3. semiplanned
  4. semiplantigrade
  5. semiplastic
  6. semiplatonic
  7. semiplausible
  8. semiplumaceous
  9. semiplume
  10. semiplumes
  11. semipoetic

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